infern

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin īnfernus. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱˈfɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱˈfɛɾn]

Noun

infern m (plural inferns)

1. hell

Related terms

• infernal

Further reading

• “infern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “infern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Maltese

Alternative forms

• nfern (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nfernu and/or Italian inferno, both from Latin infernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɛrn/

Noun

infern m

1. hell

   Antonyms: ġenna, sema

Old Saxon

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infernus.

Noun

infern m

1. hell, inferno

   Synonyms: hel, hellia

Alternative forms

• fern

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian inferno, Latin infernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfern/

• Audio:

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Noun

infern n (plural infernuri)

1. hell (place where the souls of dead sinners are to be tortured eternally)

   Synonyms: iad, gheenă, tartar, hades, orc

2. (figurative) hell, inferno (agonizing situation)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	infern	infernul		infernuri	infernurile
genitive-dative	infern	infernului		infernuri	infernurilor
vocative	infernule			infernurilor